Chapter 199: Old Diehards Are Not Easy to Mess With
When Qingdi passed by Yin Jixuan, Yin Jixuan suddenly whispered to her: "You entrusted me to get things done." ”
Qingdi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, what he said must be about Mi'er. She looked over there and saw that everyone was talking with great interest, and no one noticed the two of them, so Qingdi turned around and said, "Thank you Seventh Prince, I don't know when I will be able to see Yu'er?" ”
Yin Jixuan smiled slightly, turned to look at the lake, and said: "I told the Yin family, the Yin family is willing to return the girl to you, but after all, the Yin family is the lady of the command, and the girl is also her son, and it will be handed over to you in private, but if anyone has the heart to say anything in front of His Majesty, the Yin family and the Wei'er can't explain it." Therefore, you and Brother Chu must be separated from the Chu family and have their own family business, so that the Yin family still has a reason to tell His Majesty that they want to return the child to you. ”
Qingdi frowned, walked to Yin Jixuan's side, and said, "What does the prince mean, is that Yu'er can't return to me for a while?" ”
Yin Jixuan nodded: "After all, the Yin family is also an official, and he lives at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so he must pay attention to his behavior." ”
Qingdi rolled his eyes and said, "Where is it so exquisite, isn't it a question of who raises the child?" You ask the Yin family to return the child to me, if someone sees it, just say that Yu'er is here to visit relatives in the Chu family, isn't it? I don't think what the prince said makes any sense at all, and didn't you just say that you have done the job? You're done?. ”
"That's what you're prejudicing against me." Yin Jixuan was not annoyed, and said: "You know these truths in your own heart, otherwise you would have secretly taken Yu'er away, I believe that with Brother Chu's strength, it will definitely not be a problem to take Yu'er away." But if you don't do this, it proves that you also know the principles of our country. I said that the matter was done, I did do the matter you gave me, I went to discuss it with the Yin family, and she agreed, but I just made a small request to you. And don't you plan to do this kind of thing? I think with Brother Chu's ingenuity, you can successfully come out of the Chu family before the New Year. ”
Qingdi had nothing to say, he knew that he was right, but he was unhappy in his heart, looked into the distance, and did not reply to his words.
Yin Jixuan knew that she had a little emotion, so he smiled and comforted: "You really don't have to worry, the Yin family doesn't dare to do anything to your brother, so you can only serve it with good food and drink." And the little brother sent by Brother Chu to take care of him is not a vegetarian after killing, and he will definitely not let your brother have anything to do. ”
Qingdi naturally knew this truth, but when the Yin family revealed a little bit of killing intent that day, she was really, very scared and wanted to rescue Yu'er very much.
Now it seems that there is really no choice but to wait, hoping that the Yin family can keep its promise.
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After swimming in the lake, Qingdi was almost healed from being injured by poisoning, and he began to deal with business matters with Chu Yaocen again. Before this happened, the two of them already knew everything that should be controlled in Ji Citang, and Ji Citang's shopkeeper Zhang was a reliable person, so they didn't have to spend much more effort, so they planned to go to Lixiangfang on the outskirts of the city to have a look.
This day went, and the two got up early in the morning and went to the outskirts of the city with Shadow Sky. After arriving, a few people got down from the carriage, and Yingkong asked people to summon a few old guys and stewards of Lixiangfang, and asked them to hand over to Chu Yaocen and Qingdi.
Within half an hour, a few old guys who had been brewing wine in Lixiangfang for more than ten years came over, but only one of the three stewards came.
Ying Konglai's face turned a little cold, and asked: "Shopkeeper Li, didn't I already send someone over yesterday and tell you, Shopkeeper Du, and Shopkeeper Liu, that the Second Young Master and the Second Young Lady will come over today and let you come over to meet?" Why are you alone now? ”
This shopkeeper Li was questioned by Yingkong, and his face was also impatient, and he replied to him in a cold voice: "It's okay for me to come and see him alone, if the second young master and the second young lady have anything to say, just tell me, and I'll tell the two of them after I finish speaking." ”
Ying Konglai frowned, he really rarely got angry, he had been in business for so many years, and he hadn't seen anyone blushing, but every time he came to find a pear fragrance shop, he would get angry.
Chu Yaocen listened to a few words on the side, and probably understood. He had long heard that several stewards of Lixiangfang relied on the old and sold the old, relying on the ups and downs of more than ten years with Chu Chengguan, so he really took himself seriously, and he also heard that this Lixiangfang didn't care about anything, and so did a few old guys in charge of winemaking.
He smiled slightly, opened his mouth before Yingkong came, and said, "You may have misunderstood, my wife and I came here not to check how you are doing, nor to come over to explain a few words to you, but to take over Lixiangfang." ”
This shopkeeper Li was not in a hurry in the face of Chu Yaocen, and said, "Take over Lixiangfang?" Just you two little hairy children? By the way, I also heard before, Second Young Master, you are a fool, you have been stupid for more than ten years, and you have only recently recovered your mind, are you sure you can do a good job? ”
"Presumptuous! How can you talk to the second young master like this! Shadow Sky said coldly.
"What's wrong with me talking like that? Second Young Master, I can't say anything? This shopkeeper Li glanced at Chu Yaocen, pointed at him and said, "When I came out with your father to fight the world, you weren't born yet!" ”
Chu Yaocen reached out and grabbed the finger that was about to reach his nose, and only used half of his strength, and this shopkeeper Li called out "whooping", only calling for Chu Yaocen to let go.
Chu Yaocen shook his hand away, and shook his hand in disgust, as if it was contaminated with something dirty, and said while shaking it: "Come now, pay Shopkeeper Li six months' salary, and send Shopkeeper Li back to his hometown in Luzhou." ”
"You! What did you say? This Lao Li looked incredulous, pointed at Chu Yaocen and said, "You dare to do this to me?" I'm going to tell you to go! You wait for me! ”
"Okay, you have done something for our Chu family for so many years, and you should say goodbye to my father before leaving." Chu Yaocen took Qingdi, sat down in the back, and poured a cup of tea for himself and Qingdi, and then asked him slowly, "Go, why don't you go?" We're here waiting for you to come back. ”
"You wait for me!" Shopkeeper Li nodded his finger at Chu Yaocen again, and then turned around and went out.
Seeing this, Ying Konglai couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said, "Young master, the master went to Jincheng yesterday, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten days to come back." ”
"Oops, I really don't have a good memory, I forgot about it." Chu Yaocen patted his head, glanced at the group of silent people standing in front of him, and then said, "What can I do about this?" ”
Qingdi smiled slightly, and replied to him: "Yao Cen, didn't my father-in-law explain before he went out, this Lixiangfang will be decided by the two of us in the future, and now that he is not here, it is natural that you can do what you want." In my opinion, just take advantage of my father-in-law's absence, and send all the disobedient and dishonest people back to their hometown, lest after my father-in-law comes back, he will go to his old man's house to cry and cry miserably. ”
Chu Yaocen nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, it seems that I have to get rid of all the disobedient people quickly." ”
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the crowd again, and he saw a person eavesdropping on the side sneaking away, presumably to inform the other two stewards.
Sure enough, after a while, the shopkeeper Du and the shopkeeper Liu came over, and after arriving, they hurriedly saluted Chu Yaocen and Qingdi, and then explained: "Second young master, second young lady, we just went to count the number of wines that we are going out today, and we are late, so please forgive you." ”
Seeing these two people apologize so sincerely, Chu Yaocen didn't want to embarrass them for the time being, so he asked them to get up first, and then said: "I took Shopkeeper Li back to his hometown just now, and it was also for his good, he has worked hard for so long, it's time to go home and enjoy Qingfu." If you don't want to do it in our Chu family, you can also say that you can take half a year's salary and send it back to you in person, and our Chu family can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. ”
Both the stewards and the brewing masters present lowered their heads and did not speak. If you look closely, they're all quite old.
After Chu Yaocen finished politely, he began to speak seriously, and said: "I know that you have been working with my father for a long time, but the old qualifications do not mean that you can rely on the old and sell the old in our Chu family, and our Chu family will not raise idlers." Lixiangfang has been losing money in recent years, and I think you all know it yourself. Now that I'm here, in my hands, I can't allow this pear fragrance shop to continue to lose so much. In the future, you can speak out about anything, but in the end you decide whether to do it or not, you still have to listen to me, understand? ”
Everyone didn't speak, Qingdi got up and said: "It seems that everyone understands, so let's go and see the process of Lixiangfang winemaking, I have drunk the wine from Lixiangfang, although it is not bad, but it is too ordinary, it is no different from other wines, and it is expensive, so it is strange if you don't lose money." I've heard that the wine in Lixiangfang is made of high-quality sorghum, so it must be that the process of making wine is wrong. ”
Hearing Qingdi say that the process of winemaking was wrong, some people in charge of winemaking were unhappy, and muttered: "A yellow-haired girl, you know what about winemaking." ”
When Qingdi heard this, he turned around and asked, "Who spoke just now?" ”
She asked, no one in the crowd dared to stand up, after all, Chu Yaocen had just fired an old shopkeeper who had resigned for more than ten years, and now which of them would be dismissed again.
"Doesn't anyone dare to admit it?" Qingdi asked again, and saw that no one dared to speak, so he continued: "You are all old, but you have been abiding by a set of procedures and swearing to die, have you ever thought that people's tastes are changing, the taste of water in the suburbs is changing, and the taste of koji will also change, and the taste of melons and fruits used to make wine may also be different from more than ten years ago, why don't you know how to change?" ”
Someone spoke up again, saying, "Change, you should change for us to see." ”